“At My Sister’s Wedding, They Told Me I Didn’t Deserve a Seat — So I Left… and That’s When the Groom’s Brother, the CEO, and 200 Guests Watched My Family’s Perfect Life Collapse.”

gone. And this man”—he jerked his head at Lucas—”has been unemployed that entire time.”

The silence that followed was full of tiny sounds. Glass clinking. Fabric rustling. Gasps pulled in and not released.

Brooke stared at Lucas like she was waiting for the punchline.

“What?” she whispered. “He’s lying. Tell me he’s lying.”

Lucas’s jaw worked. “I never continue reading …